Robot assembles IKEA furniture using printed instructions, before 2030?
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In 2030, will commercially available robots have the capability of opening most Ikea packages meant to be built by one person, and build them, using the printed instructions as guides?

If it is ambiguous whether they have this capability, or they may have it but I and other market participants aren't able to test this by then but some robot is not updated over time so the December 2030 capabilities can be tested after 2030, the market will resolve to these December 2030 capabilities.

If the robot was clearly trained explicitly for this task (eg it doesn't even need the printed instructions), that is still sufficient for a positive resolution.

For this market, a commercially available robot means:

  • Publicly orderable: Any adult or ordinary business can place a binding purchase order or sign a standard sales/lease agreement through normal channels (public checkout or “contact sales” is fine) without invitation-only access, research-partner status, NDAs, or pre-selection.

  • Real product, not bespoke: A defined model offered by the maker or an authorized reseller; not a one-off custom build or lab prototype.

  • No price cap: Any price point qualifies (even very high).

  • Geography OK: Sales limited to a country/region still count, as long as the general public in that jurisdiction can buy/lease it.

  • Not a curated stunt: A handful of units sold only to preselected VIPs/investors/celebrities does not count as commercial availability.

  • Orders vs. waitlists: A vendor-accepted binding order/contract by Dec 31, 2029 counts; a non-binding “waitlist”/“expression of interest” does not.

  • New units: Secondary-market/used sales don’t establish availability.

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What counts as "commercially available"?

@ArmandodiMatteo What’s the ambiguity? I mean the standard meaning you’ll see on eg google

@Bayesian e.g. what only a dozen of them are made and sold to billionaires as a publicity stunt but it's not like an ordinary person could just go out and buy one, even if they were willing to pay $100k for one?

@ArmandodiMatteo updated description

Um, why not have a robot that does that at the plant?

@JussiVilleHeiskanen Removing flat pack shipping would mean that IKEA would pay more on getting furniture to customers, which is where they save most of their money compared to other furniture makers.

@MalteKretzschmar oh nice that's pt. 15

i removed typos in your title, hope that's ok